Improvement in poker



wweeaa gli" 'dex Uwe/ JAMES F. BREWER, OFM PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Leners Patent Nb. 85,425, and December 29, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN POKER.

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Q O i To all whom it lma/y conce/rn Be it known that I, J AMESF. BREWER,ofPlantsville, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have inventeda new Improvement in Pokers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings,andthe'letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawings consti` tute partof this specification, and represent, in

Figure l, a side view.

Figures 2 and 3, sectional views, showing my improvement.

This invention relates to an improvement in 'the construction of pokersor cover-lifters, such as are used on common stoves or ranges, andconsists in the pcculiar manner of attaching and securing the handlethereto; and in order to the betterunderstanding of my invention, aswell as to enable others to construct the saine, I will proceed to adescription, in accordance with the accompanying drawings.

A rod, of Wrought metal, A, as seen in iig. 2, is placed'in a mould,previously prepared,v wherein, at one point, at vthe properdistance fromone end of the rod, a cavity is formed, corresponding to the shapedesired for a metallic neck, B.

Into this mould is poured cast-metal, which flows into the cavity aroundthe rod, and, shrinking, adheres firmly thereto, as seen in iig. 3.

Upon the upper side of the neck, I form, in the casting, a projectingpin or point, a, as seen in iig. 3.

Removed from the mould, one -end of the rod is hrmed as for a poker, asseen in fig. 1, or for 'a lifter, as the case may be.

Over the other end is placeda wood handle, c, bored through, so as topass on to the rod, and driven on the pin a, so that the handle setshard down upon the neck B, as seen in figs. 1 and 3.

Then, the end ofthe rod, projecting' through the handle, is riveteddown, as seen in figs. l and 3, so as to prevent the removal ofthehandle.

r:[hus the handle is sustained by the rod, which forms the instrument,extending the handle, and therefore can, by' no probability, becomeloosened thereon.

I have described 'the collar as cast upon the rod, and this I believe tobe the better way, but it may be cast` separate from and shrunken on tothe rod.

I do not wish to be.understood as broadlyclaiming the casting of a Yneckor socket upon an instrument to receive the handle, as such is commonand well known; but having thus fully described my invention,`

. What I claim as new and useful.v and desire to' secure byLetterslatent; is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the hereindescribedpoker,'consisting of the wrought-metal rod A, having the neck B castthereon, and the said rod extending through the said neck, so as toreceive and support the handle, all in the manner described.

JAMES F. BREWER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, A. J. TInBl'rs.

